Chapter 102: The Big Bird and the Poor Worm
"Haha......"
"Poor worm!"
A few stockbrokers around laughed, and everyone looked at the look at the low-headed Stockton who was standing with his head bowed and his self-esteem so playful and mocking.
"Poor worm?"
Sean glanced at the man with his head down, his fists clenched tightly, but he didn't dare to make any mistakes. His chest was sunken, his chin was low, his loose suit looked nondescript on his narrow shoulders, and an old brown leather bag tucked between his arms, although he could see that he was often wiped, still had the marks of age.
Sean never felt soft-hearted and didn't admit it.
"Hey, I have a job here, are you coming for a question about stock operations?"
"Oh, I know sir, I really don't fit in...... Belch? Suddenly, the short Stockton raised his head suddenly, his big front teeth protruding from his mouth, and looked at Sean in front of him with a calm face in disbelief, "Sir...... You...... You said...... What the? ”
"I have a job here, and I get paid as a normal stockbroker. Are you interested? Sean raised his hand to look at his watch, his gaze falling on the poor creature's face, "If you're interested, come along." ”
"This ...... This ......"
Poor Stockton saw that Sean didn't have the slightest joke, and couldn't help but nod excitedly, "Sir, I do!" ”
"Oh, sir, if you knew this guy's resume you wouldn't be so hasty. Now I can only wish you to take care in advance. The fat stockbroker next to him glanced at Sean sympathetically, and then said to himself with a hint of mockery, "Another guy who is going bankrupt!" ”
"Haha......" The stockbrokers around laughed.
Sean glanced at Stockton, who was silent and pitiful, and couldn't help asking, "Have they always been like this?" ”
“……”
Stockton was silent for a while, gritted his teeth and looked up at Sean, "My father is a well-known stockbroker on Wall Street, but a few years ago, he committed suicide by jumping off a building because of a trading error. I inherited his work, but ......"
Speaking of this, Stockton paused and slowly talked to Sean about his experience.
He first started to enter this industry, and like many stockbrokers, he made phone calls every day to run business, or squatted to meet customers, which was very hard, and in his third month, he finally had his first customer, which was a small shareholder of a small trust fund. A month after he took over the other party's shares, the gentleman was unfortunate enough to declare bankruptcy. However, bad luck did not go away from him, and for the next two years, each of his clients did not last long before declaring bankruptcy, and eventually he became a well-known stockbroker in the neighborhood.
Not because of how famous his operation was, but because of his bad luck, for which he was also called a wretched worm. Faced with the overall market rise, the stocks he bought directly fell to the limit, as long as he looked at the rising stocks, the inexplicable falling limit, and the stocks he was optimistic about were inexplicably rising. As soon as this situation came out, he instantly became more famous, and he became a "barometer" of NYSE stocks, which is why he was still able to survive here.
He also secretly tried, saying that a stock was declining, and then secretly buying the stock to rise. But the stock is still in decline for some reason. The situation is simply bizarre.
Looking at Stockton, who was babbling about his "legendary" experience in front of him, Sean was also shocked. This guy in front of him is simply a complete unlucky guy, and for a moment, Sean has a feeling of horror.
"That's the way it is, and I think I appreciate your sympathy, but maybe our business won't go any further."
Stockton pushed his big black-rimmed glasses and smiled self-deprecatingly, "Maybe I'll leave here after tomorrow and find a more stable job." You know, after my wife and I divorced, my children needed me to have a weekly income to pay for his nursery and daily bills for bread and milk. Maybe I'll take a job as a waitress or try to do something else. You know, it's all about survival! ”
It's all about survival! When he said this, the young thin man in front of him seemed to deflated all of a sudden, looked up at Sean, and saw that the other party did not speak, he couldn't help but squeeze out an ugly smile, turned to leave, and the stockbroker's card was thrown to the ground by him.
Looking at the smiling guy in the ID photo on the ground, Sean bent down and picked it up.
"Hey, Stockton, your job isn't done, it's not the work of a conscientious stockbroker. Isn't it? Sean shook the work card in his hand, smiled at Stockton, who turned his head in surprise, and shrugged his shoulders, "Well, I can hire you, unless you don't want the job?" ”
"But I'm unlucky......"
"To hell with the name, Fack." Sean laughed and put his work card around Stockton's neck and said, "Don't think I'm sympathetic to you, I've never been a soft-hearted person. Remember, if you can't please me, I'll probably fire you at any time. You'd better work for me with your best attitude, you know, it's a big business, a multi-million dollar business! ”
"Tens of millions? "It's not like Stockton hasn't seen a bigger business, tens of millions of dollars of business abound on the New York Stock Exchange, and even hundreds of millions of dollars are not really big business, but that doesn't belong to him."
"You're not afraid of being infected by my bad luck? Am I a wretched wretch? Stockton looked curiously at the tall Sean in front of him.
"Afraid of you?" Sean stopped, turned his head and smiled sneeringly, and pointed at himself, "Do you know what my nickname is?" ”
"Maybe it's a super soldier."
"Fake, my nickname is Big Bird! Don't look at me like that, you must know that the fiercest and largest bird in the world is our American bald eagle, and I am this big bird! Birds always eat bugs, have you ever heard of an eagle infected by bugs? So, you poor worm is destined to only give me more nutrients, and not become a poison for bullshit! ”
Sean patted the tough chest muscles on his chest with a confident face, and looked down at Stockton angrily, "Do you think I should be afraid of you?" Mr. Little Bugs? ”
"Big Bird......" Stockton looked at Sean who was full of strength, and couldn't help swallowing, but his eyes were full of excitement, "You mean I'll bring you good luck?" ”
"Hmmm......"
Sean glanced at the time hanging in the main hall and smiled confidently, "If you complete the documents I need to handle before 12 noon today, I think at least it will prove that you are of some use to me." I need to sell my $11 million worth of shares in three days without losing profits, and I don't mind paying you a sum if you can do that. By the way, my stocks are all high-tech stocks. ”
"High-tech stocks? 11 million? Oh, you should keep these stocks, maybe tomorrow it will be 1200, now everyone knows that high-tech stocks are the hottest, and no one is going to give up on them. Stockton looked at Sean in surprise and tried to persuade, "If you throw it away now, you will only sell low, and high-tech stocks will continue to rise." ”
"You're talking about a sustained rise? It seems that I went the other way and made the right decision to sell now. Sean shrugged and teased.
"Uh......" At this moment, Stockton was a little embarrassed.
"Although my stock is worth 11 million, 12 million is my bottom line, and I will give you a 5% commission for the extra money, how about it? However, I asked that the shares be sold within three days. ”
Sean didn't care about his embarrassment, but threw out an idea that was tempting to Stockton, "If you behave well, I'll give you a bigger deal." If I can, let's go through the procedures now, and if you can't, then I'll go to another stockbroker. You know, sometimes you only get one chance. ”
You only get one chance! Sean agrees.
"If you make an extra $100,000......" Stockton gritted his teeth and looked at Sean hesitantly, meeting Sean's gaze.
"You take 5000. If it's a million more, then it's good, you have an income of 50,000 yuan, and now my bottom line is here. Sean settled indifferently.
"Good!" Stockton's eyes lit up and he gritted his teeth in response to the collaboration.
"Very well, I'll be waiting for you in the presidential suite at the Plaza Hotel in New York, and hopefully I'll be able to pay the bills there in three days." Sean smiled and said, "I'll wait for your news with champagne or white water, you know what I mean, but I hope I'll greet you with champagne." ”
Sean and Stockton handled the relevant agency contract in the main hall together, and the person in charge of the contract was a very senior lawyer, and the fee was naturally paid by Sean. Then, after making sure that there was no mistake in the contract, Sean put the job in the hands of this guy called Stockton.
In fact, Sean just used this to test this ability called Stockton, even if the other party can't complete the task, at worst he can recover $11 million, but in this case, Sean will not hesitate to rebuke him, and then find a stockbroker to help him complete the goal of shorting. That's what Sean really aims for.
But Sean believes the man named Stockton is more than just a pathetic worm. From the conversation, he knew that the other party was a top student who graduated from New York University, and he was also his father's assistant before, although his reputation came from his unlucky career, but he also had a small reputation before, which proved that he was not a stupid person.
The reason why the fools and unlucky people have been on the road all the way behind is really to blame on bad luck. But for luck, Sean feels that no one in the world is better than his own luck, and this bad luck is like a small insect touching a bird in front of him, which will only become his own nutrition, not bad luck.
Unless the other party is really unlucky to save the market of the New York Stock Exchange! But that can't happen because it's a bubble in itself! A bubble illusion that can't stand the toss!
PS: Thank you for your support, seeing so much brotherly support, Lao Yete was moved.
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I'm sorry, I'm going to change it today, I asked for leave today to accompany my daughter-in-law to go to the women and children, uh, Lao Ye feels that he has a heavy responsibility......